NEWSLETTER Vol.2 No. 3 Golf Invitational 1979 COMMUNICATIONS AND THE INVITATIONAL In any successful business or operation, communications play an important role, and our business is certainly no exception. As a matter of fact, it is one of the most important areas of our responsibility. Unfortunately, many of us sometimes forget this, or even worse, don't place enough emphasis on communications. It was with improving communications as our major goal that this tournament was developed. We hoped to present the Superintendent, Golf Pro, Greens Chairman, and other club officials with a relaxed, casual atmosphere, an atmosphere that is the exception rather than the rule in the everyday operational practices of our jobs. In these surroundings, individual club problems can be discussed and even compared with other clubs with similar problems. Our 1978 tournament participants found this outing to be of great benefit in improving communications with their bosses and golf pros. We hope they and more of our Association's Superintendents will take advantage of this opportunity this September at Fairmount. GCSANJ Newsletter is published six times a year by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of New Jersey, P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick, N.J. 08903. Paul Boizelle, Editor; Dr. Henry Indyk, Consulting Editor; Ed Walsh, Golf Editor. Please address inquiries concerning advertising to Ken Kubik, Advertising Manager, 489 MiIIbrook Ave., Randolph Twp., N.J. 07869 Cook College - Rutgers University Box 231, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 OFFICERS OF GCSANJ Joseph Flaherty, CGCS President INVITATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS Fran Berdine 914-361-4105 Bill Gaydosh 201-666-1204 Dick Grant 717-646-7220 Todd Polidor 201-377-8904 Ernie Rizzio 201-983-9333 Ed Walsh 201-444-3052 Paul Boizelle Newsletter: Ken Kubik Photographer: Jerry Schoonmaker Golf Professional: Kevin Riley James Flynn Manager: Robert Dickison, CGCS Vice President Dennis Wagner Secretary David McGhee, CGCS Treasurer Paul Boizelle, CGCS Past President EXECUTIVE BOARD Clifford L. Belden Director, District #1 John Schoellner, CGCS Director, District #2 Robert W. Ribbans Director, District #3 Anthony Johnson Director, District #4 James Gilligan Director, District #5 Charles Edgar Director, District #6 James O'Gibney Director, District #7 James W. Ritter Director, District #8 Dr. Henry Indyk Executive Director SERVING THE TURFGRASS INDUSTRY OF THE GARDEN STATE KEN KUBIK (201) 361-5943 • COLORSCAPE® Brand Landscaping Stone • Hardwood Bark Mulch • Landscape Chips & Pebbles • New York WHITE MARBLE • Planters • Valley View Products • Volcanic Rock • White Golf Course & Beach Sands Geo. Schofield Co., Inc. P.O. Box 110 Bound Brook, N.J. 08805 (201) 356-0858 NEW JERSEY GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT'S INVITATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Place: Fairmount Country Club 400 Southern Boulevard Chatham Township, N.J. 07928 September 13, 1979 (Rain date Sept. 20,1979) Date: 11:30 a.m. Luncheon: Shotgun Start: 1:00 p.m. Cocktails: Dinner: Cost: 6:00-7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. $140.00 per team (foursomes only). Price includes lunch, cocktail hour, dinner, golf, and gratuities. Caddies and carts are not included. Each team will be comprised of Superintendent, Golf Professonal, Green Chairman, and Club Official. Format: Handicapping: 80% handicap; maximum 28 This tournament will be limited to the first 32 teams that send enclosed return cards accompanied by a check. Absolutely no exceptions. Non-participating members and their guests are welcome to attend the cocktail hour and dinner. The cost will be $20.00 per person. Again, advanced reservations and payment are a must. Verbal contact will be made with the participating teams before the tournament date informing them of caddy and cart availability and reservations, arrival instructions, scoring procedures and to confirm team members and their handicaps. A map of directions to Fairmount C.C. will be supplied to teams if necessary. Any additional information or questions can be answered by the committee members. Feel free to contact us. Send return card, with check, made available to Bill Gaydosh — Tournament treasurer. Receipts available upon request. Bill Gaydosh 149 Powell Road Allendale, N.J. 07401 Telephone: (201) 666-1204 THE PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS for Toro’s new low cost method for converting a golf course manual system to automatic irrigation are, left to right, the central controller, the cycler and, to replace the quick coupler, a valve-in-head gear- driven rotary sprinkler. The sprinkler shown is a Toro 670, which covers a full circle up to 204 feet in diameter. Storr Tractor Co. (201) 232-7800 (516) 981-5222 South Avenue East 1750 Goldbach St. Westfield, New Jersey 07090 Ronkonkoma, New York 11779 THE LEADER IN BETTER WATER PENETRATION FOR 25 YEARS . . . AQUA-GRO Aquatrols Corporation of America 1432 Union Ave., Pennsauken, N.J. 08110 (609) 665-1130 THE 1978 GOLF COURSE SUPER INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT FIRST PLACE — Picatinny Golf Club — Les Micke Larry Dietz, & Charles Norris. SECOND PLACE — Bamm Hollow Country Club — Ulozas, Bob Krugh, & Joe Pignataro THIRD PLACE — Bowling Green Golf Club — Jo Salmon, Lew Bullock, & Joe Riggs. FOURTH PLACE — Manasquan River Country Club Wayne Warms, John Finney, & Dr. J FIFTH PLACE — Ramsey Country Club — Norman Sauer, Larry Silverman, and Harold INTENDENT’S S RESULTS ns, John Kusick, Phil Scott, Tom el Riggs, Bruce - Jim McNally, ames Thompson. Groning, George Pompers. Irrigation, Chemicals, Equipment • Johns-Manville/Buckner Irrigation Equipment • John Bean Sprayers • Fungicides • Herbicides • Insecticides • Fertilizers • Pumps, Valves, Controls 1170 U. S. RT. 22 MOUNTAINSIDE, N. J. 07092 FRANK LEARY OFFICE (201) 654-5800 HOME (201) 361-0346 Wilpat ASSOCIATES, INC. TURF IRRIGATION • DESIGNERS • INSTALLERS • DISTRIBUTORS WILLIAM F. KOONZ PRESIDENT 39 WAVERLY AVE. SPRINGFIELD, N.J. 07081 (201) 379-9313 46 YEARS OF SERVICE & DEPENDABILITY Fairmount Hosts Golf Professional Kevin Riley & Golf Supt. Todd Polidor. Tournament Photographer Jerry Schoonmaker — Suburban G.C. Tournament Committee Member Dick Grant — Mountain Turf & Three Friends. Fairmount's Manager Jim Flynn. WELCOME TO FAIRMOUNT The site of this year's invitational, Fairmount Country Club, is one of the better diversified recreational clubs in New Jersey. It is located in Chatham Township on Southern Boulevard. The golf course is on 140 acres of beautiful countryside and is 6,758 yards long from the championship tees. Todd Polidor, the golf course superintendent, has kept the course well maintained and challenging. Fairmount has been the site of the 1974, 1975, and 1978 N.J.P.G.A. Championship Tournaments, so it should be familiar to the golf professionals of your foursomes. The golf professional, Kevin Riley, and his staff are looking forward, with the manager Jim Flynn and Todd Polidor, to making this tournament a most successful and enjoyable event. Newsletter Liaison Ken Kubik — Grass Roots, Inc. Tournament Committee: Kevin Riley - Fairmount C.C., Ernie Rizzo - TPC, Ed Walsh - Ridgewood C.C., Todd Polidor - Fairmount C.C., Fran Berdine - O.M. Scotts, Bill Gaydosh - Edgerwood C.C. (left to right). GOLF COURSE MATERIALS • Top Soil • White Sand • Yellow Stone • Crystal Spar • Humus Loader, Bulldozer, Royer and Truck Rentals 290 SO. ORANGE AVENUE LIVINGSTON, N. J. 07039 (201) 992-2335 The Tree Feeding Specialists “Plant Health thru Subsurface Feeding" LEO L. VAN KOLL (201) 359-5682 INSTANT LAWN MERION KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS BLENDS KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS MIXTURES Chimney Rock Rd. Bound Brook N.J. 08805 (201)356-4200 In the North Fran Berdine Technical Representative R.D. 1—Box #331 Pine Bush, New York 12566 Phone: 914/361-4105 In the South Roy Griffiths Technical Representative 29 Monroe Drive Laurel Springs, NJ. 08021 Telephone: 609/228-1696 NATIONAL IRRIGATION INC. • Johns-Manville/Buckner Irrigation Equipment • Pumps • Controls • Pipe • Fittings • Supplies • Design • Installation • Maintenance • Automatic & Manual Systems CERTIFIED SOD GROWN ON MINERAL SOIL SAMUEL LEON R. D. FRENCHTOWN, N. J. 08825 BOX 311 • ROOSEVELT, NEW JERSEY 08555 • PHONE 609-448-1125 PHONE (201) 996-2255 SEED • FERTILIZER • TURF CHEMICALS • GOLF COURSE SUPPLIES SKY BERGEN P.O. Box 202 Chatham, N.J. 07928 (201) 377-2054 “We Hear You!” J E P Sales Inc. Specialists in Turf Maintenance Equipment Jacobsen John Bean Bunton Gravely Yazoo (609) 585-2300 P.O. Box 11126 21 1 Yardville-Hamilton Sq. Rd. Yardville, N.J. 08620 t P C irrigation supplies course accessories turf equipment turf tools grass seeds insecticides herbicides fungicides fertilizers TURF PRODUCTS CORP. 777 Green Pond Rd. Rockaway, N.J. 07866 (201)983-9333 Ernie Rizzio Gregg Hutch 340 MAIN AVENUE, CLIFTON, N. J. 07014 201 -471-0244 TURF EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS Jacobsen Turf and Commercial Tractors, Gang Mowers, Greens Mowers, Sweepers, Aerators, Blowers, and Seeders. Cushman Turf Trucksters, Spikers, Top Dressers, and Sprayers. National, Howard, Kut-Kwick Mowers. Smithco, Giant-Vac, Broyhill Products. Gravely Products ATAENIUS A new white grub problem that is spreading rapidly. l . e d i c i t c e s n i P S 0 8 w t i h t i o x o S r P p o t DAVID J. SYLVESTER AREA SALES REPRESENTATIVE HOME 47 MAIN STREET. EAST BERLIN. CONNECTICUT 06023 203/828-3790 TUCO DIVISION OF THE UPJOHN COMPANY SUPPORT OUR GCSÁNJ PATRONS Partac GOLF COURSE TOPDRESSING HEAT TREATED WATER STABLE AGGREGATES UNIFORM PARTICLES AVAILABLE FROM THESE N.J. DISTRIBUTORS: TURF PRODUCTS CORP. ERNIE RIZZIO, 201-983-9333 GREEN HILLTURFSUPPLY JIM ROACH, 201-462-2349 FARM & GOLF COURSE SUPPLY BENNETT WARTMAN, 215-483-5000 GRASS ROOTS turf products inc. Ken Kubik, 201-361-5943 Pro-Lawn Products Andy Mulick, 201-967-9124 PARTAC PEAT CORPORATION KELSEY PARK GREAT MEADOWS, N.J. 07838 201-637-4631 TOP SOIL • SPECIAL MIXES TO SPECIFICATIONS FOR TEES & GREENS • INFIELD MIX, BACKFILL MIX • STOCKPILE, ROTOTILLED, SCREENED & SHREDDED • MEETS MOST D.O.T., D.B.C., STATE & FEDERAL STANDARDS • BULK QUANTITY DELIVERY SERVICE • DISCOUNT RATES OVER 1000 CUBIC YARDS CEDAR HILL LANDSCAPING (201) 469-1400 Cedar Grove Lane, Somerset, N.J. 08873 Golf Course Superintendents Association of New Jersey Box 231 Cook College - Rutgers University New Brunswick, N.J. 08903